Leshawn
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #8,132
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 72.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 806since 1969
Leshawn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Leshawn! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Leshawn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Leshawn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Leshawn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
- 5,188 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1976 at #1,828 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 58,111
- Highest: 1 in 58,111 boys born in 1976 were named Leshawn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 23.2% of all boys named Leshawn (187) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1975
- Mostly girls until 1974, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 187 | #1,828 (1976) | #2,377 |
| 1980s | 151 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,250 |
| 1990s | 171 | #2,865 (1993) | #3,840 |
| 2000s | 158 | #4,675 (2006) | #5,133 |
| 2010s | 112 | #4,862 (2012) | #7,752 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,739 (2020) | #9,716 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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